I am at KSAT parked at gate with ground power, and I still can't connect through the tablet. Don't understand why this an option in TBM 850 if it does not work!
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@rockywaves have you also switched the electrical power source on the overhead to GPU? The tablet option only makes the power cart available, it doesn't connect it -- at least that's my experience.
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I assume you mean that you're seeing a default external power truck outside the aircraft, as opposed to my external power battery cart? Also, I assume you mean that the power cart is not being deployed, not that you're seeing no voltage being delivered to the aircraft?
There is a variable,
EXTERNAL POWER AVAILABLE, that allows us developers to see whether there is ground power available in the aircraft's parking area. That's all that's required to trigger the external power cart via the tablet, as well as having the parking brake on, or the chocks in. If that variable isn't reading true at that parking spot, at that airport, then there's nothing I can particularly do about that.
